The African Men's Youth Handball Championship is the official competition for youth men's national handball teams of Africa and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the African champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the Youth World Championship. Egypt is the most successful national team with a record number of six titles out of 7 participants.
Current season, competition or edition: 2024 African Men's Youth Handball Championship | |
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| First season | 2000 African Men's Youth Handball Championship |
| Continent | Africa (CAHB) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Egypt 8th title) |
| Most titles | Egypt (8 titles) |
Summary
edit| # | Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||
| I | 2000 Details |
 Abidjan |
 Benin |
– |  Nigeria |
 Ivory Coast |
– |  Burkina Faso | ||
| II | 2004 Details |
 Casablanca |
 Egypt |
– |  Tunisia |
 Morocco |
– | |||
| III | 2008 Details |
 Tripoli |
Egypt |
31–24 | Tunisia |
 Libya |
24–17 | Benin | ||
| V | 2010 Details |
 Libreville |
Egypt |
25–24 | Tunisia |
 Gabon |
22–20 |  Algeria | ||
| VII | 2012 Details |
Abidjan |
Egypt |
27–22 | Tunisia |
 Angola |
30–23 | Gabon | ||
| IX | 2014 Details |
 Nairobi |
Egypt |
26–22 | Algeria |
Tunisia |
24–16 | Angola | ||
| 2016 Details |
 Bamako |
Tunisia |
26–25 | Egypt |
Algeria |
22–15 |  DR Congo | |||
| 2018 Details |
Marrakesh |
Egypt |
No playoffs | Tunisia |
Nigeria |
No playoffs | Algeria | |||
| 2020 | Casablanca |
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||
| XVIII | 2022 Details |
 Kigali |
Egypt |
51–29 |  Rwanda |
Morocco |
41–34 |  Burundi | ||
| XX | 2024 Details |
 Mahdia |
Egypt |
34–29 | Tunisia |
 Guinea |
20–11 | Morocco | ||
Medal count
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Tunisia | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 |  Benin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Algeria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | Rwanda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Morocco | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  Angola | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gabon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Guinea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ivory Coast | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Libya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Participating nations
edit| Nation | 2000 |
2004 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2016 |
2018 |
2022 |
2024 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria |
4th | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 5th | 7 | |||
| Angola |
5th | 3rd | 4th | 3 | |||||||
| Benin |
1st | 4th | 2 | ||||||||
 Burkina Faso |
4th | 2 | |||||||||
 Burundi |
4th | 8th | 2 | ||||||||
 Cameroon |
7th | 1 | |||||||||
 Congo |
9th | 1 | |||||||||
 DR Congo |
6th | 4th | 2 | ||||||||
| Egypt |
1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 9 | |
| Gabon |
3rd | 4th | 2 | ||||||||
| Guinea |
10th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 5 | |||||
| Ivory Coast |
3rd | 8th | 8th | 3 | |||||||
| Kenya |
6th | 7th | 2 | ||||||||
| Libya |
3rd | 5th | 5th | 7th | 6th | 5 | |||||
 Madagascar |
8th | 1 | |||||||||
| Mali |
6th | 8th | 2 | ||||||||
 Mauritania |
7th | 1 | |||||||||
| Morocco |
3rd | 5th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 7 | |||
 Niger |
5th | 8th | 2 | ||||||||
| Nigeria |
2nd | 3rd | 2 | ||||||||
| Rwanda |
7th | 2nd | 2 | ||||||||
| Tunisia |
2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 8 | ||
 Uganda |
6th | 1 | |||||||||
 Zambia |
9th | 1 | |||||||||
| # Teams | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
See also
editExternal links
edit- African Youth Handball Championship - news.abidjan.net
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